Orthoptera

Or·thop·ter·a

A large order of hemimetabolous insects that includes the locusts, grasshoppers, mantids, walking sticks, and related forms.

[ortho- + G. pteron, a wing]

Fig. 238 Orthoptera . General structure.

Orthoptera

an order of the EXOPTERYGOTA, containing grasshoppers, locusts, stick insects and (in some classifications) cockroaches. Most are good runners or jumpers and some have lost the power of flight. Most forms possess biting and chewing mouthparts, and have hardened forewings which are used in creating sounds by movement against the hind leg (STRIDULATION). See Fig. 238 .

Orthoptera

an order of insects of little direct importance to veterinary science except that some act as the intermediate host for some worms. Includes grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches.

Second combination was of fodder and wheat in MCZ supporting a number of Odonata, Coleoptera and Diptera, The wheat crop, wherever present, supported similar diversity of Orthopteran and Lepidopteran species.

Cutting of the vegetation triggers a marked change in its nutritional value (Smith and Capinera 2005) and microclimatic conditions (Stebaev and Nikitina 1976), affecting the habitat potential for orthopterans.

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